How to make a CRA payment
Online Banking
Taxes can be paid using the “pay a bill” feature in your online banking.
Smythe PC recommends setting up a new CRA payee to ensure the cash goes in the right bucket at CRA.
Using an old CRA payee may result in CRA misapplying the payment.
To add a new payee:
In the add new payee section, search “CRA”.
The search will return a few options
For BEFORE ASSESSMENT (current year) payments, select an option most similar to: "CRA (revenue) – 20XX tax return"
For ASSESSED (prior year) payments, select an option most similar to "CRA (revenue) – tax amount owing"
For a TAX INSTALLMENT select an option most similar to “CRA (revenue) – tax instalment”
When prompted, the account number is your SIN
Other ways
CRA has other payment options too if the option above does not work for you. For a comprehensive guide, click the button to go to the CRA website, and follow the instructions.